1UZ-FE Into a Mk2?

[cdwood2010]

In the meantime, here's this......

http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14017

[Grenade]

In the meantime, here's this......

http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14017

Yes, I have spoken with this guy. I was going to follow his lead and do the same thing, but if you look at the date on that post, it was around five years ago. I have emailed him again through his site asking to see the finished car. No response as of yet. The Northstar engines are junk. As a matter of fact- all Cadillac cars & parts are the same way. You can get these cars cheap here. GM is trying to rectify the bad reputation but they'll never convince me that anything they make is any good. I will give them a nice tip of the hat, for the new Corvette & the Camaros. Those are nice cars, even if GM made them.

Back on point:
You know me- I like cheap. If that Northstar engine fits to the Pontiac G6 transmission and this guy got one to fit into an MK2 and his only issue is the driveshaft clearances, I would likely select that set up. Cheap, readily available and basically disposable engines. One breaks down, you simply scrap it and get another to put in it's place.

The 1UZ-FE is a proven engine, and I think it makes more power than the junk GM engine. There is also another small V8- it's the 4.0 from the Lincoln LS, which was a joint venture between Ford & Jaguar back around 2000-2006. Those make good power, I have done smoking burnouts in one :) but don't think it came in a front wheel drive. Of course I love the 1UZ because it's a Toyota and it seems natural to keep them together in an MK2.

I believe it can be done. If this Cbulen guy got one into the car and it's "in the hole" as it were, he's halfway home! When I've built snowmobile powered and bike engine powered cars, if I managed to get the engine & trans hanging "in the hole", that thing was RUNNING in a matter of days.

If I get the set up in the bay, have it hanging on it's mounts- that's it- We're driving it.

The all wheel drive option is too complicated, too much work- the designs have been perfected and anything we would build that was AWD, would be less of a performance car and more of an abomination. If you want a nice AWD drive car, there are loads on the second hand market to buy and improve upon. That's my thought on that.


So- If I'm to fit a 1UZ, what trans do I use? The S54 & E153's are not good enough. I hate their synchro timing & design, they don't shift like a freshly rebuilt T-5. You can smash a T5, the little MR2 transmissions aren't the ones. So which gearbox?

[jimi]

So- If I'm to fit a 1UZ, what trans do I use? The S54 & E153's are not good enough. I hate their synchro timing & design, they don't shift like a freshly rebuilt T-5. You can smash a T5, the little MR2 transmissions aren't the ones. So which gearbox?

How about the Audi OB1 from the S5

[Grenade]

How about the Audi OB1 from the S5

That looks like it will do nicely. Why not simply use an Audi V8? same problem as the guy in Canada? Doesn't fit, have to stretch chassis? Not doing that, it seems like the Toyota V8 and the Audi V8 are similar in size? I ran it past my lovely wife this morning and she said "Go ahead make one a V8, but I'm not getting in it" hahaha, that means I have the all clear to proceed on the next build. We have until next winter to get the details worked out.